If a parent has 31 speed IVs and you want to pass it on to the baby, you give the parent a Power Anklet (the power item for speed) and the baby will DEFINITELY get the 31 IVs in speed.Sadly, if they are holding a power item, the mother cant hold an everstone, so the 50% chance of getting the mothers nature is gone.

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Highlight this box with your cursor to read the spoiler text.The original games, Gold & Silver introduced the whole concept of breeding Pokémon to the Pokémon series and the remakes continue the method of adding new elements to breeding. Specifically, HeartGold & SoulSilver add another means to transfer specific IVs over from parent to child.

The manner of doing this is in having either parent hold a specific item. These items are the "Power" items introduced in Diamond & Pearl which boosted Effort Values earned when held. Attach these items to either of the parents and their specific Individual Value will be passed on to the baby.

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The original games, Gold & Silver introduced the whole concept of breeding Pokémon to the Pokémon series and the remakes continue the method of adding new elements to breeding. Specifically, HeartGold & SoulSilver add another means to transfer specific IVs over from parent to child.

The manner of doing this is in having either parent hold a specific item. These items are the "Power" items introduced in Diamond & Pearl which boosted Effort Values earned when held. Attach these items to either of the parents and their specific Individual Value will be passed on to the baby.

But because HG/SS are games that are easier than other versions:[ e.g. You can catch Metang & Chimeco & Feebas, that in Emerald/Ruby/Sapphire were very hard to find. ]

You can go to Trainer Cafe and Battle trainers and if you defeat them you'll get 1 BP.

I believe that you are refering to the Trainer House? Yes, that is how it works. And the more people you meet with your pokewalker, the more trainers there are in the Trainer House, up to a limit, but I can't remember what that is. There is always one there at the begining time that you go to the Trainer House.

But the fact that you can't rig IVs and Nature at the same time sucks horribly.

What about the fact that you can "lock" two stats at best? That's not anywhere near all of them/ all of them minus Attack.

I still think they should either do away with IVs all together (and leave EVs) or else just make it so that IVs are manageable in a large degree (As in, you don't need to breed for ridiculous amounts of time to get something that's "good").

Actually, I think they should leave it as is, then create a game where there is only battling and team creation. I would buy that in a heartbeat.

But the fact that you can't rig IVs and Nature at the same time sucks horribly.

What about the fact that you can "lock" two stats at best? That's not anywhere near all of them/ all of them minus Attack.

I still think they should either do away with IVs all together (and leave EVs) or else just make it so that IVs are manageable in a large degree (As in, you don't need to breed for ridiculous amounts of time to get something that's "good").

Actually, I think they should leave it as is, then create a game where there is only battling and team creation. I would buy that in a heartbeat.

You mean no training, no storyline? I believe that there are non pokemon games like that. But, all of those things and more is what helps make Pokemon, Pokemon.

I'm well aware of the existence of clients like Shoddybattle, but I'm sure Nintendo could make a spiffy version of that with some nice graphics (well, for their system, anyway) and maybe some other resources that would make the whole experience a tad more exciting. Not to mention that theirs would have far more users than a virtually unknown web java applet.

Actually, now that I think about it, there would be absolutely no regulation on what you can and can't use as far as Pokemon go, so them making the game would probably make me angrier than them not making the game.

The Pokemon "storyline" is paper-thin. Based only on storyline I certainly wouldn't keep an interest in the series.

Compared to Pokesav/Shoddy team creation, proper in-game training simply becomes a tedious obstacle in the way of battling.